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Not to mention that Liu Wei, the commander of Luyang County, and Ding Wu, the county lieutenant, have begun to doubt the life and death of Zhao Yu, the second son of the Xianghou Mansion, and said that Zhao Yu is here.

After returning to Yuchang Village that day, Guo Da reprimanded Wang Qing and others, and ordered the latter and others not to leave the mountain village without permission.

If it were the past, I am afraid that the unruly Wang Qing would have been furious, but this time, he did not dare to contradict Guo Da, although his face was full of anger, but after all, he did not have a seizure, obviously he also understood that if Zhao Yu hadn't come forward to save them this time, they would have been sent to Luyang County to ask for beheading.

And this matter, the thieves in the entire cottage also saw it.

Although it is indeed not a glorious thing to obey the orders of a teenage child, it seems that Zhang Feng, Ma Hong and others have to admit that the 'young' village owner named Zhou Hu is indeed more humane than Yang Tong, and even Wang Qing, who is so disrespectful to him, is willing to take the risk to rescue.

But how, exactly, is it rescued?

Chu Jiao once privately asked his righteous son Chu Yan about the process of rescuing Wang Qing by Zhao Yu and others, Chu Yan said embarrassedly: "Father-in-law, it's not that the child is hiding it, but when I came back, Guo Da asked me to wait...... To keep the secret of our new village owner, the child had already agreed at that time, if it was revealed to the father-in-law, wouldn't the child be untrustworthy? The father-in-law only needs to know one thing, as the father-in-law guessed that day, that Zhou Hu was not simple, and the origin was even more not simple, Ding Lu of Qu Dongtun just saw him and agreed to release Wang Qing. ”

As soon as he heard this, a trace of surprise flashed in Chu Jiao's eyes, and he immediately said with a smile: "Okay, since you have made a promise to keep it a secret, then my father won't ask too much." ”

Having said that, Chu Jiao still guessed a few points.

Although it was not enough to guess Zhao Yu's exact identity at once, Chu Jiao also guessed some facts from Chu Yan's words: The child named Zhou Hu must be from Luyang County, and he is also a very famous person in the local area, otherwise Ding Lu and the others who caught Wang Qing would not be so happy to release him.

With this clue as a premise, Chu Jiao guessed the exact identity of Zhao Yu, and it was only a matter of time before he thought about it.

And Chen Zu, Wang Qing, Zhang Feng, Ma Hong, Liu Heimu and a few people are not so convenient, they are very curious about how Zhao Yu and others rescued Wang Qing, especially Wang Qing himself, the most surprised, after all, according to his understanding, Zheng Township, where he planted his head, is a special township with a population of nearly 1,500, and seventy percent of them are young and middle-aged, not to mention the fear of the remnants of today's Black Tiger Village, even if it is the heyday of Black Tiger Village, people may not be afraid.

This is such a village, the little village owner who he refused to surrender came forward in person, but he actually let Na Dinglu obediently release them, there must be some secret in this.

But unfortunately, Guo Da, Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan are all tight-lipped about this.

Probably staying in the mountain village is really idle and boring, Chen Zu, Wang Qing, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong are idle, so they want to dig out this secret.

Eventually, they decided to use Niu Heng, who they thought was the easiest to coax, as a breakthrough.

At the behest of Chen Zu, he, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong invited Niu Heng to drink.

Speaking of wine, there are not many wines in Yuchang Village, and there are only a dozen altars in the entire mountain village, after the Black Tiger Village bandits occupied the village, Guo Da distributed these drinks to various leaders, and everyone didn't get much, so at the moment of shortage of wine, Niu Heng naturally would not refuse the invitation of Chen Zu and others.

However, Chen Zu and others didn't expect that Niu Heng was humble, but he was not stupid, and when he finished drinking the wine of Chen Zu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, he wiped his mouth, and turned his face and said: "That's my brother's secret, how can I, Niu Heng, betray my brother?" ”

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were stunned on the spot, and even Chen Zu was angry.

The three of them, who boasted that their intelligence was higher than that of the bull, realized that they had been deceived by a wild bull.

But the wine is also drunk, so you can't let Niu Heng spit out the wine again, right?

Not to mention that the three of them together may not be able to beat Niu Heng, even if Niu Heng is willing to spit out the wine, can this wine still be drunk?

So the matter is over.

Afterwards, Niu Heng told Zhao Yu about this incident as a proud thing, and Zhao Yu was also amused when he heard it.

He didn't expect that even Chen Zu would be planted in Niu Heng's hands.

A few days later, on a day near the end of August, Zhao Yu took Jingnu, Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan down the mountain and went to Zhengxiang again.

This time Guo Da did not follow, but stayed in the mountain village, because Zhao Yu entrusted him to lead people to build some big houses in the mountains as barns, so that after Ding Lu sent someone to send grain, there could be a place to store it, after all, September is approaching, and winter will soon begin, so Zhao Yu naturally wants to prepare the food for the winter in advance.

Before leaving, Guo Da told Chen Mo, Chu Yan, and Niu Heng to protect Zhao Yu, and the three swore to agree.

Along the road they had walked a few days ago, Zhao Yu and his party came to Zhengxiang again.

Since they were carrying hats like last time, they were naturally stopped by the local tun people again.

In this regard, Zhao Yu explained in a thick voice: "I waited for the old friend who came a few days ago, Ding Luding. ”

Obviously, Ding Lu must have confessed something afterwards that day, and when the local tun people heard Zhao Yu's words, they did not interrogate them like the previous time, but immediately called Zu Xing, who was nearby.

Zu Xing is Ding Lu's good brother, and he is also one of the few people in Zheng Township who knows the details of Zhao Yu and others, I saw him walk quickly in front of Zhao Yu and others, looked around vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Zhou Gongzi, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the tun and talk." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yu asked puzzled.

Zu Xing explained: "After that day, Ding Wu sent some county officials. At first, he deliberately found fault, and then after my eldest brother begged for mercy, he finally removed those county guards, but the people in our tun still saw county guards secretly monitoring several times...... Did Zhou Gongzi meet those county guards on the road? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Chen Mo and Chu Yan, both of whom shook their heads, indicating that they had not noticed on the way.

"That's for the best."

Zu Xing nodded, and immediately brought Zhao Yu and the others to Tunnei and to Ding Lu's house.

At this time, Ding Lu's wife, Ma Shi, was sewing old clothes in the house, and when she saw Zhao Yu and his party, she immediately greeted her happily, invited Zhao Yu and others to sit down at the table in the house, and poured water again, during which she explained: "Brother Ding went to Zheng Township today, second ...... Zhou Gongzi sat down for a while. …… Ah Xing, you go and call your eldest brother. ”

"Okay."

In this way, Zhao Yu and the others drank water in Ding Lu's house, waiting for Ding Lu to arrive.

Not long after, Zu Xing led Ding Lu back, and there was another person with him, Zhao Yu recognized it at a glance as the son of the head of Zheng Township, Zheng Yong.

Under the slightly vigilant gazes of Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan, Zheng Yong walked in front of Zhao Yu in a few steps, carefully identified it, and then bowed down and said: "Zheng Yong has seen the second son, the second son escaped the catastrophe of the day, and it is true that God opened his eyes." ”

Zhao Yu smiled and politely said a few words, and then said with a little meaning: "For some reason, my name is Zhou Hu now. ”

"Oh." Zheng Yong suddenly understood, and bowed again: "Gongzi Zhou." ”

From the side, Ding Lu took a bowl of water from Ma's hand, and after taking a sip, he explained to Zhao Yu: "Just now, I was discussing with Zheng Yong about transporting grain to Gongzi Zhou, and it happened that Ah Xing came to deliver the news, and Zheng Yong was determined to meet Gongzi Zhou in person...... By the way, when Gongzi came, was he seen by the county guards outside the tun? ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and asked, "County Lieutenant Ding, are you waiting?" ”

"It's not a dilemma."

Ding Lu and Zheng Yong sat down at the table together, and immediately lowered their voices and said, "In the past two days, Ding Wu's attitude has been a little weird. I thought he was trying to avenge my disrespect to him, so I invited him to my house to eat and drink and apologize to him, but I never wanted to get drunk, and he began to ask me, intentionally or unintentionally, asking 'Did Wang Qing's accomplices come yesterday?' He asked, 'Are there any old acquaintances among Wang Qing's accomplices?' Later, he even tricked me, saying that when he was following Childe and the others that night, he saw Jingnu......"

He exhaled, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Ma was clever at that time, and he made the young girl cry in the back room and relieved me, otherwise I really don't know how to answer." …… In hindsight, I think he may have noticed something. ”

"Yikes."

When she heard Ding Lu's words, she covered her mouth in surprise.

Seeing the puzzled glances of Ding Lu, Zheng Yong, and Zu Xing, Zhao Yu smiled and told Ding Wu and the others about Jing pretending to be a female ghost that night, and Ding Lu and the others all felt funny, and couldn't help but fantasize about Ding Wu's stunned appearance at that time.

After laughing, Ding Lu shook his head and said, "With all due respect, this is not a good idea. …… If the prince wanted to get rid of him, he only needed to take advantage of the night to go around in the forest, why let the Jing girl pretend to be a ghost to scare him? This will cause suspicion in my own family. …… I guess that it was probably because of this incident that Ding Wu began to suspect that Miss Jing was still alive, and even began to suspect that Gongzi was still alive. ”

Hearing this, Jing Nu, who was sitting next to Zhao Yu, showed an anxious look on her face, she didn't expect that what she thought was a good idea would actually expose her and Zhao Yu's secret.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu patted the back of her hand as a comfort, and immediately explained to Ding Lu and the others: "I know that when Nijingnu proposed this idea, I had already considered that there might be a flaw, but it was also a last resort. …… The character of County Lieutenant Ding, I understand, he will not sit back and wait to be dumped by us as you said, if he feels that he is about to lose it, he will definitely take a risk, try to kidnap one or two people, and ask the truth, I don't want to fight him, so I let Jingnu scare him and scare him away. …… As for what you said, he probably guessed a little, and it doesn't matter. We are now hiding in Luyang, and it is not enough to rely on Zheng Xiang's help, but also depends on the attitude of the Luyang County Ya. If the Luyang County Government is hostile to me, I will definitely stay in Luyang County for a short time, so I will take this opportunity to deliberately expose the flaws to Ding Wu, see the attitude of the Luyang County Government, and see if they are willing to provide me with convenience and help, if not, then I will have to make another plan in advance. ”

"I see."

After listening to Zhao Yu's explanation, Ding Lu and Zheng Yong suddenly realized.

Immediately, Ding Lu seemed to think of something, and asked Zhao Yu: "Since this is the case, then when I wait a few days to transport grain to my son, I don't have to deliberately hide my whereabouts?" ”

Zhao Yu asked in surprise, "He knows?" ”

Ding Lu nodded, and said helplessly: "I can't hide it, those county guards are staring at me Qudongtun day and night, and even Zheng Village has sent people to monitor it. …… Although Ding Wu had removed the county guards outside, I knew that he had only noticed that we were waiting for the grain to be loaded, and deliberately relaxed his surveillance so that he could follow us and find the whereabouts of Gongzi. ”

Hearing Ding Lu's words, Zhao Yu couldn't help but look Ding Lu up and down a few times.

He really didn't look away back then, this Ding Lu did have some intelligence, but this guy's behavior back then was too bastard, and he couldn't be relied on at all, until he married Ma's now, and under Ma's persuasion, he gradually became responsible, and he can be called a reliable man.

Sure enough, the boy will not change until he gets married.

After sighing, Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, "Yes." …… You just pretend not to know, it just so happens that I also want to see Ding Wu's reaction, and see the reaction of the county government. ”

Hearing this, Ding Lu immediately nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will simply send a batch of grain today, and send Gongzi back by the way." ”

Zhao Yu thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay." ”

On the same day, Ma cooked some more dishes to entertain Zhao Yu and others, but there was not enough wine and food at home, so Zheng Yong simply asked Zu Xing to go to his Zheng Village to get it.

During the time limit for eating and drinking, Zhao Yu felt that Zheng Yong seemed to want to ask him some questions, but for various reasons, Zheng Yong did not ask in the end.

An hour later, after everyone had eaten and drunk, Ding Lu called dozens of people and instructed them to carry the grain in the granary onto the grain cart.

Immediately, he personally led the team and went to Changshan Village with Zhao Yu and others.

Facts have proved that Zhao Yu and Ding Lu's judgment is correct, although there are no county guards to be monitored in the Qudongtun area on the surface, but in fact, Ding Wu secretly led people to monitor Zheng Township, but he and his county guards have changed into ordinary people's civilian clothes, so they are not eye-catching when they are far away.

As soon as the grain transport team in Qudongtun moved, Ding Wu immediately noticed it.

"It's still Liu Gong's opinion."

Secretly praising the wisdom of the county commander Liu Wei in his heart, Ding Wu immediately took the county guard to quietly follow the team.

A few days ago, Ding Wu took advantage of Ding Lu's invitation to him to have a drink, and wanted to take the opportunity to talk, but in the end he was disturbed by Ma's.

After returning to the county office, Ding Wu told Liu Wei about the matter.

Liu Wei thought about it for a while, and then said: "If the second son is really among the Yingshan Kou who infiltrated our Luyang and has already made contact with Zheng Xiang, you might as well send someone to secretly keep an eye on Zheng Xiang." …… That group of Yingshan bandits crossed Yingshan to my Luyang territory, and so far there have been no people who have been robbed by bandits to report to the official, I guess they must be short of food, if it is really the second son, Zheng Xiang may secretly send someone to transport grain over, you can find the hiding place of the second son by staring at Zheng Xiang. …… Remember, don't make a statement. ”

"Humble duty understands."

At that time, Ding Wu nodded convincingly.

On the same day, under the condition that Zhao Yu and others pretended not to know, Ding Wu led a number of county guards to track the team transporting grain, all the way to the foot of Yuchangshan Village.

Soon after, Guo Da, who got the news, sent Chen Zu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong to lead people down the mountain to carry all the grain transported by Ding Lu and others up the mountain.

In this regard, Chen Zu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong were very surprised.

You must know that when Guo Da ordered them to go down the mountain before, he only said, "There is grain at the bottom of the mountain, and a few of you will bring someone to get it", Chen Zu and the others thought that they were preparing to rob the passing caravan, but they didn't expect that someone really brought grain to them.

Deliver food to these bandits?

It's simply ...... Amazing!

Watching Zhao Yu and Ding Lu and others hug their fists to say goodbye from a distance, and watching Ding Lu and the dozens of tun people pull the empty car back the same way, Zhang Feng, Ma Hong and others couldn't hold it back, and asked Guo Dadao in private: "Guo Da, no, Brother Guo, who are these people?" Why do you send us food? ”

Seeing that even Chen Zu's face was incredible, Guo Da became more and more proud, and said as if he held his identity: "You don't have to ask more about this, the master of the village naturally has his own way, the food transported this time is not all, and in a few days, more food will be delivered, enough for the brothers in the village to eat until next year, you just need to know this." ”

Seeing that Guo Da refused to reveal, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were itching, but they were helpless.

I have to say that the arrival of this batch of grain is enough to solve the urgent needs of the mountain village, and there is no problem in eating it at least until October.

When the people of the Black Tiger Village, including the women and children of the Black Tiger Village, were very happy about this, the locals of the mountain village led by Yu Chang were full of sadness.

Immediately, some villagers said to Chang in private: "These thieves must have gone down the mountain to loot the village, if this matter is reported to the county government, and the county government sends officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress it, won't we also become accomplices of this gang of thieves?" ”

Yu Chang was also very worried about this, but he couldn't do anything, after all, there were only so many people in the village, and there were many women and children, and those Black Tiger Village Gang Kou were lucky to keep their promise not to hurt them, how could they dare to say irresponsible things to those people?

However, after weighing the pros and cons, Yu Chang still found the thief Zhou Hu, who was wearing a mask and was a little short, and asked about the origin of the grain.

In this regard, Zhao Yu comforted him and said: "These grains were not looted by us from the bottom of the mountain, but given to us by a certain village, so naturally they will not provoke the officers and soldiers of the county government, you can rest assured." ”

There was actually a village that took the initiative to give food to a group of bandits who had never shown up in Luyang before? How is this possible?

Yu Chang didn't believe it at all, thinking that Zhao Yu was just deceiving him, but he didn't dare to refute it, and he didn't dare to be angry.

After sending Yu Chang away, Chen Mo came to Zhao Yu's house and said: "Just now Liu Tu and others were patrolling in the mountains, and found that a cadre of people sneaked up the mountain and wanted to spy on the situation in the mountain village, but unfortunately they were bumped into by Liu Tu and others, and immediately hid in the mountains and forests, and disappeared. ”

Zhao Yu was not surprised when he heard this, nodded and said, "That should be Ding Wu and the others." …… There are no other mountain villages in the vicinity, and even if there are, ordinary mountain people don't dare to provoke us and others, so they don't need to care. ”

Hearing this, Chen Mo thought for a moment and asked, "Are you really sure?" I mean the county government of Luyang County, if the county government ignores the old relationship with your family back then......"

Of course, Zhao Yu could guess Chen Mo's thoughts, got up and walked to the window, glanced at the beautiful mountain scenery outside the window, and said with a straight face: "Then I can't help it." …… You must know that we are hiding in Luyang, and the attitude of the Luyang County Government is very crucial. Do you remember when we were in Kunyang? There have been several existential crises in the cottage, all because of the officers and soldiers sent by Kunyang County to encircle and suppress. The same is true in Luyang County, if the county government is always hostile to us, we will not stay in Luyang for long. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Chen Mo, smiled and said with relief: "You can rest assured that I will not put the safety of everyone on whether the people in the county government have old feelings for my family, and I will let Guo Da move some of the grain to the mountains in case of accidents." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu was so thoughtful, Chen Mo nodded and didn't say more.

At the same time, Ding Wu had returned to the bottom of the mountain with a number of county guards, standing at the bottom of the mountain and looking back at the location of the mountain village, thoughtfully.

At this time, there were several county guards around him who couldn't help it and asked one after another.

"County Lieutenant, what are we doing here?"

"Those people just now, it's Ding Lu and his party from Qudongtun, right?"

"Ding Lu and the others, are they transporting grain to the village in the mountains?"

"What are we going to do with them?"

Faced with the inquiries of the county guards, Ding Wu was speechless.

Because he met the people who were patrolling the mountains and forests halfway, most likely it was Ying Shan's gang, Ding Wu did not carefully check the situation of the mountain village on the mountain, but he could confirm one thing, that is, Ding Lu of Qudongtun did indeed send grain here.

If everything is as he and the county magistrate Liu Wei guessed, then the second son of the Zhao family is hiding in the mountain village in the mountains at this moment, with the group of Ying bandits.

Thinking of this, Ding Wu said in a deep voice: "Let's go, go back to the county seat first." ”

Hearing this, the county guards looked at each other, completely unable to guess what Ding Wu was doing here with them.

Returning to the county seat and returning to the county office, Ding Wu immediately asked to see the county commander Liu Wei and told the latter what he saw today.

He affirmed to Liu Wei: "At that time, after Ding Lu and others transported a few carts of grain to the bottom of the mountain, there were people on the mountain who immediately went down the mountain to pick them up. …… If the second son is really among this group of people, it must be in the mountain village on the mountain. ”

Knowing the location of the second son of Zhao, Liu Wei was very excited, stood up and said, "What is the matter, I'll find out." ”

Hearing this, Ding Wu was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded: "Liu Gong, don't do it, there are some villains there...... If the second prince is not there, wouldn't Liu Gong have thrown himself into the den of thieves? Why don't I take a county guard to search and see ......"

"No!"

Liu Wei hurriedly stopped: "Leading many county officials to go is easy to cause misunderstandings and extraneous branches, but your consideration is also reasonable." In this way, I personally went to Zhengxiang to persuade Na Dinglu to convey it on his behalf, and if the second prince was willing to see me, I should personally go to visit him and face him...... Interpretation. ”

At the end, he sighed wistfully, and a little apprehension and guilt flashed in his eyes.

Ding Wu nodded after hearing this: "I will go with Liu Gong." ”

The next day, Zhao Yu received a message sent by Ding Lu.

Luyang County ordered Liu Wei to ask to meet him Zhao Yu.